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Originally Posted by strictlypersonl
Bill,
Check the two top connections at the passenger-side fuse box. On the early cars, they've been known to corrode and overheat.
Have you checked whether there's power at the red wires at the voltage regulator?
Jumping between the red and brown wires at the regulator will bypass the regulator, giving maximum voltage out of the alternator. Do it, and revving the engine slightly should show a charge at the ammeter. No reaction: alternator kaput.
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Will have to try the bypass, but I fired the car up this AM using the jumper box first and disconnected it, motor continued to run on alternator alone so unless the alternator is flaking out intermittently, I believe I diagnosed it correctly. Top connectors look fine (I took each one apart and cleaned them over the winter,just removed all the fuses and sprayed them down with contact cleaner as well, but sent you a PM about replacing both of the fuse blocks with new ones just to play it safe).....I prefer to be pro-active than wait for things to fail when I can.......
Bill S.